Maine § 34-A §9402 Definitions--Article II

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§ 34-A §9402 — Definitions--Article II

Maine § 34-A §9402

Title 34-ACORRECTIONS

Ch. 9INTERSTATE COMPACTS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-A, § 34-A §9402 (2026).

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As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

1.Inmate. "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution;

2.Institution. "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including, but not limited to, a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates, as defined in subsection 1, may lawfully be confined;

3.Receiving state. "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had;

4.Sending state. "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had; and

5.State. "State" means a state of the United Stat

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As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
1.
Inmate.
"Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution;
2.
Institution.
"Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including, but not limited to, a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates, as defined in subsection 1, may lawfully be confined;
3.
Receiving state.
"Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had;
4.
Sending state.
"Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had; and
5.
State.
"State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.